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Saturday, December 13, 2025
TopicMarginalisation

Topic: marginalisation

‘Castelessness is a privilege only upper caste can afford,’ says Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 

Speaking at the B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, the Supreme Court judge says elite castes must ‘break free’ from the past and confer respect to the marginalised. 

Modi govt to make one-time Rs 15 lakh payment for poor patients with rare diseases

Experts say the one-time payment for poor patients of rare diseases is a u-turn from the govt’s earlier promise of continued aid irrespective of income.

The Book of Chocolate Saints: Story of an artist in a godless world

Jeet Thayil's latest is deeply provoking book about art, philosophy, and ‘chocolate saints’ who live in the margins of history. Jeet Thayil’s 'The Book Of...

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A shame-faced modesty pervades 1991 reforms. This is strange and inappropriate: Ashok Desai

Liberty is not accepted in India as the ultimate goal of political systems. This is why, for instance, there is so much paranoia about foreign investments, wrote economist Ashok V Desai in 1995.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.